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Bhaichung Bhutia, also spelled as Baichung Bhutia, is a former Indian professional footballer who played as a striker. Bhutia is considered the torchbearer of Indian football in the international arena. He is often nicknamed the Sikkimese Sniper because of his shooting skills in football. Three-time Indian Player of the Year I. M. Vijayan described Bhutia as "God's gift to Indian football". Bhutia has had four spells at I-League football team East Bengal Club, the club where he started his career. When he joined English club Bury in 1999, he became the first Indian footballer to sign a contract with a European club and only the second to play professionally in Europe, after Mohammed Salim. Afterwards he had a short loan spell at the Malaysian football club Perak FA. As well as this he has played for JCT Mills, which won the league once during his tenure; and Mohun Bagan, which failed to win the league once during his two spells, in his native India. His international footballing honours include winning the Nehru Cup, LG Cup, SAFF Championship three times and the AFC Challenge Cup. He is also India's second most capped player, with 82 international caps to his name. He is also India's second youngest international goal scorer after Jerry Zirsanga when he scored his first goal against Uzbekistan in 1995 Nehru cup at the age of 18 years 90 days
Mohun Bagan Athletic Club, commonly known as Mohun Bagan, is an Indian multi-sport club based in Kolkata, India. Founded in 1889 as Mohun Bagan Sporting Club, the club's football section is one of the oldest in India and Asia. The club is most notable for its victory over East Yorkshire Regiment in the 1911 IFA Shield final. This victory made Mohun Bagan the first all-Indian side to win a championship over the British side and was a major moment during India's push for independence.
SC East Bengal is an Indian professional football club based in city of Kolkata, West Bengal. The club competes in the Indian Super League, the top flight of Indian football, as well as the Calcutta Premier Division A, the top tier state football league of West Bengal.
Subhash Bhowmick, born at West Bengal is a retired Indian football international player and club level coach and manager. During his playing career, he represented the "Big Two" of Kolkata football East Bengal and Mohun Bagan. He also represented India in various international tournaments from 1970.
The IFA Shield is an annual football competition organized by the Indian Football Association. The Indian Football Association is the association governing football in the state of West Bengal, came into existence in 1893. Named after the Association, the IFA Shield Tournament was started in the same year. It is one of the oldest football tournaments in India and the second oldest Cup in the world. During the initial years after its inception, the IFA Shield was dominated by British army teams. However, their stranglehold over the Shield was broken in 1911, when Mohun Bagan Athletic Club became the first Indian team to win the IFA Shield by defeating East Yorkshire Regiment 2-1. That was a historic moment for Indian football, as the natives beat the Englishmen at their own game. East Bengal F.C. has won the IFA Shield 29 times, while their archrivals - Mohun Bagan has bagged the honour 21 times. Since 2015 the IFA Shield is designed as an under-19/under-18 youth football tournament. Youth teams of all divisions are allowed to participate. The decision was taken by IFA due to busy schedule of All India Football Federation which includes Indian Super League, I-League and AIFF Super Cup.
Subimal Goswami was an Indian professional footballer who played as a striker or winger, captained both the Mohun Bagan club and the Indian national team. He is a former Sheriff of Kolkata. Popularly known as Chuni Goswami, he scored nine goals in 30 international appearances. He was an Olympian, represented India national team at the 1960 Summer Olympics. He also led the team to achieve the gold medal at the 1962 Asian Games and earn the runners-up position at the 1964 AFC Asian Cup.
Sunil Chhetri is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a striker or winger and captains both the Indian Super League side Bengaluru and the Indian national team. Popularly known as Captain Fantastic, having scored the second highest number of goals in international matches among active male players after Cristiano Ronaldo, he is both the most-capped player and all-time top goalscorer for the Indian national team, with 72 goals in 115 appearances. He is the current captain of the national team. Sunil Chhetri was named an 'Asian Icon' by AFC on his 34th birthday.
Deepak Kumar Mondal is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Ozone FC. A graduate of the Tata Football Academy, Mondol, an Arjuna Award winner, was one of India's most prominent right backs for over a decade, earning 47 caps with the India national team. Mondal also played with both the Kolkata giants, East Bengal and Mohun Bagan, spending five years at each club, captaining both of them.
Monoranjan Bhattacharya, nicknamed Mona, born at Kolkata, India is an Indian Football international player and a club level Coach and Manager. During his playing career he represented the "Big Two" of Kolkata football East Bengal Club and Mohun Bagan AC. He also represented India in various international tournaments from 1978 till 1989. He had an operation on his left leg in August 2016. Tollygunge Agragami have sacked him after an abysmal start to the 2018/19 Calcutta Premier Division ‘A’ campaign, which has seen them fail to win a league match this season. The Moore Avenue-based club have lost all four of its matches and are sitting on the bottom of the log without points from four matches and has also failed to score a single goal in the process. He will be replaced by former Air India coach Bimal Ghosh against Food Corporation of India on Sunday, August 26, 2018.
Ishfaq Ahmed is a former Indian footballer who is now working as the assistant coach of the Kerala Blasters FC in the Indian Super League. He is also a member of the AIFF technical committee. Ahmed is one of two professional footballers, along with Mehrajuddin Wadoo, to come from Jammu and Kashmir who has represented country and has played in the I-League and the Indian Super League for several clubs including Dempo, Mohun Bagan, Salgaocar, East Bengal, Mohammedan, Kerala Blasters, Pune F.C, and Mumbai F.C. He has also won the league title while also winning domestic cups such as the Federation Cup and Durand Cup.
Mehtab Hossain is a former Indian professional footballer and current manager of Southern Samity who played as a defensive midfielder.
Rahul Shankar Bheke is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Indian Super League club Bengaluru and the Indian national team.
Prasun Banerjee is a retired international footballer and an Arjuna Award Winner (1979) from Kolkata, India. Younger brother of the Pradip Kumar Banerjee, Prasun had also captained the India national football team in international tournaments.
Rajib Ghorui is an Indian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Aryan FC in the Calcutta Football League.
Football is one of the most popular sports in Kolkata, West Bengal. East Bengal, Mohun Bagan and Mohammedan are the heart of Kolkata football. The rivalry between Mohun Bagan and East Bengal is one of the fiercest in the world and is considered a flagship event in the Indian footballing calendar. Kolkata is known to be the hub of Indian football with the two most supported teams in the country being based within the city – Mohun Bagan and East Bengal. Both teams used to play against each other in the Kolkata derby. The city is also home to the biggest stadium in India, the Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan, which as of 2015 has a capacity of 85,000. The record attendance of 131,000 came in a match between the said two teams in the semifinal of the 1997 Federation Cup.
Karuna Sankar Bhattacharya was a former Indian footballer who represented and captained the Indian national football team and Mohun Bagan, a football club in Kolkata. The Karuna Bhattacharya Award is given to the best player of Mohun Bagan in every season. On 11 July 2015 Mohun Bagan conferred the "Mohun Bagan Ratna" to Karuna Bhattacharya.
Mohun Bagan Athletic Club, commonly known as Mohun Bagan, is a major Indian multi-sport club based in the Kolkata, India. Founded in 1889 as Mohun Bagan Sporting Club, the club's football section is one of the oldest football clubs in India and Asia. Apart from football, club is best known for its own cricket section.
Shyam Thapa is a former Indian footballer who played for the India national football team. He also coached the Nepal national football team. He is currently the chairman of All India Football Federation technical committee.
Douglas de Silva is a retired Brazilian professional footballer who played as a midfielder and defender for various teams,, including Santos FC, East Bengal FC.
